April 26 Events Pre-1600 * 1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. *1348 – Czech king Karel IV founds the Charles University in Prague, which was later named after him and was the first university in Central Europe. * 1 ...

Eastern Orthodox Church calendar The Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar describes and dictates the rhythm of the life of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Passages of Holy Scripture, saints and events for commemoration are associated with each date, as are many times special rule ...

April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ...

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''May 10'' by Orthodox Churches on the

Old Calendar Old Calendarists (Greek language, Greek: ''palaioimerologitai'' or ''palaioimerologites''), also known as Old Feasters (''palaioeortologitai''), Genuine Orthodox Christians or True Orthodox Christians (GOC; ), are traditionalist groups of Easte ...

. For April 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''

April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho ...

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Saints

* ''Saint Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord, Apostle of the

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and Hieromartyr'' (107)April 27/May 10
Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru). * Martyr Publius (''Poplion''), by the sword.May 10 / April 27
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow). * Martyr Lollion the Younger (''Lollion the New''). * Saint

Pollion Abtalion ( he, אַבְטַלְיוֹן ''ʾAbhtalyôn'') or Avtalyon (Modern Hebrew) was a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era. He was a leader of the Pharisees during the 1st century BCE, and by tradition vice-president of the great Sanh ...

the

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(''Pollio''), of Cibalis in

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, burnt alive under Diocletian (306) * Saint Eulogius the Hospitable of Constantinople (6th century) * Saint Nicon, abbot of the Monastery of St. Gerasimus (6th century) * Saint

Simeon Stylites the Younger Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger, also known as Simeon of the Admirable Mountain ( el, Συμεὼν ὁ νεώτερος ὁ στυλίτης, Arabic: مار سمعان العمودي الأصغر ''mār semʻān l-ʻamūdī l-asghar'') (521 ...

of Cilicia (597), and his brother George. * Saint

John of Cathares John of Constantinople (died 839) was an abbot of the Cathares Monastery, in Constantinople. He clashed with Emperor Leo the Armenian, who was instituting a policy of iconoclasm. John survived torture. He is considered a saint by the Catholic and ...

, Abbot of Cathares Monastery at Constantinople (839)

Pre-Schism Western saints

* Saint Liberalis of Treviso, priest from the area near Ancona in Italy who worked for the conversion of the Arians and suffered much at their hands (400)April 27
Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. * Saint Theophilus, Bishop of Brescia (427) * Saint

Maughold Maughold (also known as Macaille, Maccaldus, Machalus, Machaoi, Machella, Maghor, Mawgan, Maccul, Macc Cuill; died c. 488 AD) is venerated as the patron saint of the Isle of Man. Tradition states that he was an Irish prince and captain of a ban ...

, Bishop of the Isle of Man (c. 488) * Saint Assicus (''Ascicus, Tassach''), first bishop of Elphin, Ireland, converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick (490) * Saint Tertullian, eighth Bishop of Bologna in Italy (490) * Saint

Enoder Saint Enoder, (also known as Tenenan, Tinidor and Ternoc) was a 5th-century Cornish saint from Brecknockshire in South Wales. He is venerated in the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches. He is known to history mostly through the medieval lists ...

(''Cynidr, Kenedr, Quidic'') (6th century) * Saint Winewald, Abbot of Beverley in England (c. 731) * Saint

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(746)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

*Saint Stephen, abbot of the

Kiev Caves Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra or Kyivo-Pechers’ka Lavra ( uk, Києво-Печерська лавра, translit=Kyievo-Pecherska lavra, russian: Киево-Печерская лавра), also known as the Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, is a historic Ea ...

and Bishop of

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(1094) * New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Bishop of Phanarion and Neokhorion (1601) * New Martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mount Athos (1686) * Saint Basil (Kishkin), Hieroschemamonk of Glinsk and Ploshchansk hermitages (1831)

New martyrs and confessors

* New Hieromartyrs Paul Svetozarov,

Protopresbyter A ''protoiereus'' (from grc, πρωτοϊερεύς, "first priest", Modern Greek: πρωθιερέας) or protopriest in the Eastern Orthodox Church is a priest usually coordinating the activity of other subordinate priests in a bigger church. T ...

, and John Rozhdestvensky, Priest, and those with them: (1922)The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.32. :* Martyrs Peter Yazykov, Nicholas Malkov, Auxentius Kalashnikov, Sergius Mefodiev and Virgin-martyr Anastasia of Shui and Palekh, at Ivanova. * Virgin-martyr Mary Nosova (1938)27 апреля (ст.ст.) 10 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). * New Hieromartyr John Spassky, priest of

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(1941)

Other commemorations

* Incineration of the

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s of Saint Sabbas, first Archbishop of Serbia, by

Sinan Pasha Koca Sinan Pasha ( tr, Koca Sinan Paşa, "Sinan the Great"; c. 1506 - 3 April 1596) was an Albanian-born Ottoman Grand Vizier, military figure, and statesman. From 1580 until his death he served five times as Grand Vizier. In a Ragusan docume ...

(1595)
April
'' Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Retrieved: 18 June 2020. * Glorification (1999) of New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), Archbishop of

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(1929)

Icon gallery

File:SymeonTheApostle.jpg, St. Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord. File:Menologion of Basil 036.jpg, Martyrdom of St.

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(''

Menologion of Basil II The ''Menologion of Basil II'' (also called ''Menologium of Basil II'', ''Menology of Basil II'') is an illuminated manuscript designed as a church calendar or Eastern Orthodox Church service book (''menologion'') that was compiled c. 1000 AD, f ...

'', 10th century). File:Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia, and those with him (Menologion of Basil II).jpg, St.

Anthimus of Nicomedia Anthimus of Nicomedia ( el, Ἄνθιμος Νικομηδείας; martyred 303 or 311–12), was the bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia, where he was beheaded during a persecution of Christians, traditionally placed under Diocletian (followin ...

, (''Menologion of Basil II'', 10th century). File:Simeon Stylites the Younger.jpg, St.

. File:Menologion of Basil 005.jpg, St.

Simeon Stylites Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite syc, ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܐ ', Koine Greek ', ar, سمعان العمودي ' (c. 390 – 2 September 459) was a Syrian Christian ascetic, who achieved notability by living 37 years on a smal ...

Notes

References

Sources

April 27/May 10
Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).
May 10 / April 27
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Church (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
April
Self-Ruled Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
April 27
OCA - The Lives of the Saints.

Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome. *
The Roman Martyrology
'' Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p. 118. * Rev. Richard Stanton.
A Menology of England and Wales, or, Brief Memorials of the Ancient British and English Saints Arranged According to the Calendar, Together with the Martyrs of the 16th and 17th Centuries
'' London: Burns & Oates, 1892. p. 184. Greek Sources * Great Synaxaristes:
27 Απριλίου
Μέγας Συναξαριστής. * Συναξαριστής.
27 Απριλίου
'' Ecclesia.gr. (H Εκκλησία της Ελλάδος). Russian Sources *

Православная Энциклопедия под редакцией Патриарха Московского и всея Руси Кирилла (электронная версия). (Orthodox Encyclopedia - Pravenc.ru). *
27 апреля (ст.ст.) 10 мая 2013 (нов. ст.)
. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). {{DEFAULTSORT:April 27 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics) April in the Eastern Orthodox calendar